Fordland Clinic Inc

“The board of directors are presented copies of the final form 990 and the accompanying schedules prior to being filed with the irs. Members of the board are asked to review the return individually and to contact the return preparer or executive officers with any questions or concerns.”

“1) an interested person must disclose to the governing board all material facts regarding the proposed transaction or arrangement. 2) after presentation of facts, the interested person must leave the presence of the governing board in order for the board to discuss and vote if a conflict of interest exists. 3) the board investigates if alternative arrangements for the transaction exists and after due diligence, determines whether the organization can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction from another person or entity which would not give rise to a conflict of interest. 4) if a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under the circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board shall determine by majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction in the organization's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination, it shall make its decision whether to enter into the transaction. 5) if the board has reason to believe that a member has failed to disclose a possible conflict of interest, that member will be allowed to explain the failure to disclose. After the boards consideration of the matters, it shall take the appropriate corrective action.”

“The board of directors obtains and reviews current salary figures obtained from local market data, state and national averages for the chief executive officer. The board of directors then reviews the current compensation package for the chief executive officer and approves any changes to the compensation package. The compensation package is then reevaluated prior to the end of the three year contract term. All board deliberations regarding the chief executive officers compensation package are recorded in minutes of the organization.”

“The board of directors responsibility includes hiring, firing, evaluating, and determining the chief executive officer's compensation package. The chief executive officer is then responsiblie for hiring, firing, evaluating the staff of the organization, including the chief financial officer's compensation package. Comparable compensation for similarily qualified persons in similar comparable positions for similar a organization is utilitized in making the determination.”

“Governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements are readily available to the public upon request.”

“Volunteers primarily provide assistance during fundraising events and community outreach activities.”